to send us photos and videos. coming up next shift living in the digital age it takes a look at online maps that aren't environmental destruction i'll be back at the top of the hour and of course i can always get the latest around the clock on the dot com i would. come to. discover your concept discovered with the ballot box. allegedly after 100 lives the ideals of the bombs and more relevant today than they were a. 100 years ago visionaries reshaped things to come because people understood design as a way of shaping society. a powerhouse and does cassella.

with ideas that are our future books on how a part of. a. small part documentary starts november 14th d.w. . melting glaciers michael plastics in the ocean and fires in the amazon news about climate change is disturbing and often contradictory especially on social media still the online world of as many ways to get reliable info and get active digital environmental protection our topic today on shift. i know my own eco belen as well roughly the average german produces 9 tons of c

o 2 per year and each european generates some $24.00 kilos of plastic waste to me that sounds like a lot but how bad is it by comparison in india the average person produces just 11 kilos of plastic waste but where does my garbage actually go and how much fast it winds up in the world's oceans 8000000 tons a year that's what science magazine estimates environmental pollution and climate change are global issues so it's not just me expos also want to get their hands on reliable data i am having. all the. plastic from all over. but this is a very i mean it is trying to make that dream come true at the alfred vigna

institute for polar and marine research in. she's part of a team of scientists who are analyzing the increasing pollution of the oceans they have compiled their results and created an online world map that's accessible to everyone. i mean a tech months research focuses on the question where does the plastic waste in the oceans come from she's helping to program the litter based databank to present this information in a form that's easy to understand. our basic idea is scientific. and the best way is to create some maps and some graphs later base is an online database that's open to everyone graphic show the results of more than a 1000 scientific studies on a world map it's easy to see where research expeditions have already taken place.

the latest results from the world wide scientific community are regularly fed into the database. a mist to make the global issue of marine pollution more accessible and easily understood including to nonscientists. nowadays. especially because of. people like to have picked these maps this is graph. time. the global forest change database at the university of maryland also uses a map to show the state of the world's forests since 2013 users have been able to call up info based on satellite images they can see the effects of forest fires illegal logging and reforestation over long periods. the global forest watch platform is also dedicated to protecting forests and their inhabitants it combines

satellite technology with open data and crowdsourcing. temperature c o 2 levels and even current weather phenomena can be found on the website earth now . here u.s. space agency nasa presents comprehensive satellite data and real time you can track how tropical storms are forest fires like here in australia are developing on earth now. various natural disasters are also explained. the alfred baker institute also plans to incorporate non scientifically compiled data melanie backman wants holiday makers to upload observations about beaches and coastlines kind of a theme on the topic of marine letter in particular send itself well to citizen scientists because trash is something everyone can relate to everyone knows what a bottle or a plastic bag is and this helps us to cover a much better area geographically and to better fill in the white spots we still

have on our map. for as a citizen scientist i can help organizations collect reliable information online a good example is the app literati it lets ordinary folks document cases of environmental pollution and invite others to help clean them up. information is important but taking action is even more vital these days there's no excuse for saying you don't know how the hell is specially after the show you have these innovative ideas which make it even easier to help save the planet. they could be anywhere from 862150 1000000 tons of waste plastic and. it's collected that since the material became popular in the 1950 s. fishing it out using conventional methods would take decades and cost billions the engine. is banking on a digital solution intelligent. towards floating islands of garbage after receiving

relevant data through senses the data is provided in real time via satellite. the spanish project c o 2 revolution aims to reclaim the rain forest with the help of high tech. he watched waves of the far east have been destroyed in recent decades. seem to revolution has developed an intelligent seed called i seed it's launched from grow which can cover huge areas quickly the grounds have access to data like soil conditions and climate and use g.p.s. to plant the right seeds in the right place. nigerian firm has developed a method of bringing clean energy to remote regions of africa using a lot cellphones the electricity comes from a solar panel on the roof the mobile phone functions as a power distribution center and an electric meter making palace stations and

electrical grid superfluous some 400000 people now receive green electricity this way. the effects of climate change and environmental pollution are experienced differently. they often go unseen than the places where most of the ways this created in 2017 germany exported 24.3. a 1000000 tons of its trash the industrialized nations of northern hemisphere produce the most c o 2 but they haven't yet experienced the devastating effects of climate change by those in the solve but digital solutions can help those hardest hit. and rivers where once found there is now only arid desert. climate change is already a reality in east africa and it's endangering the livelihoods of herders in the region. if there's no water there herds die after a scout is an app which helps africa's herders track down increasingly rare sources

of water using the latest satellite data. climate change is also affecting africa's farmers extreme weather such as long periods of drought interventional storms are causing damage like they've never seen before. that's where the agric sap comes in and helps farmers recognise pests and plant diseases early so they can save their crops the app uses a so every time it's used its database expands and it's prognoses improve. in south america the destruction of the rain forest is a major problem now a digital warning system should help brazilian environmental research institute fight fire clearing. not only can smartphones warn about these fires they're also a weapon in the battle against deforestation because the quicker the fires are reported the quicker they can be put out. sharing is caring can

sometimes apply in the digital world to every piece of information that users pos on can help people directly unlike my last cell feed on instagram so what can i do personally to actively protect the environment and climate change. and even apps that can help you do your bit if you that we. it specially interesting. it all started with the big cleanup dr sim beilin but putting out an online call to combat pollution locally was only the beginning for plan a. its own knows that solving big problems requires big data. climate change is not one problem there is a lot of problems that are intertwined and our photo. this complexity we use the data to pinpoint exactly the locations and the types

of issues that happen around the world that need to be immediately acted on. the plan and based startup analyzes danger from research institutions around the world based on its findings turned a contacts individuals companies and community groups in the affected areas the only prerequisite is that they want to do something to combat climate change plan any publicizes their projects and allows users to help fund them every plan is thoroughly checked for its viability and transparency. then there's the eco energy your daily habits with a few clicks and the app will calculate your carbon footprint and show you how to strengthen it. it also invites you to be a climate hero by supporting carbon offset projects that help people and the planet . the c o 2 tracking at 3 forest or not also focuses on individual consumption if you can

use the app to create a manage your own forest thereby reducing your carbon footprint everyone can do something to save the planet. the climate protection has made people. unclear what they need to do i think because of the language that is being used we speak. in a way that doesn't necessarily explain to people what the issues are. we should be focusing on. big words about. the digital world is full of good intentions but can we really stop the destruction of the environment and climate change online it's a bit paradoxical after all the internet itself consumes vast amounts of energy and mountains of discarded smartphones part of the problem not the solution yet digital technologies could play a major role 1st big data can help us reach a greater scientific awareness climate change is

a global phenomenon so gathering huge amounts of data from around the world is vital 2nd they could help to relieve some of the worst effects for instance through real time analysis which could help get aid to affected areas quickly and 3rd and this is where we come in my abs of platforms users can contribute directly whether by collecting data or helping right where it's needed for instance i could do my part by joining a local organization what's your contribution to combat in climate change let us know if for example. that's it for the lead by.

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